Home News IHRU affordable rental homes IHRU affordable rental homes The Portuguese Housing and Urban Rehabilitation Institute (IHRU) has opened applications for a lottery of 39 affordable rental homes in the municipalities of Almada, Amadora, Caldas da Rainha, Lisbon, Porto, and Vila Nova de Gaia
IHRU affordable rental homes
Sunday, 1 February 2026RSS
Context & Explainers
IHRU is the national Institute for Housing and Urban Rehabilitation (Instituto da Habitação e da Reabilitação Urbana). It manages public housing and urban renewal programmes and runs property offers and application processes — for example the T0–T5 homes listed in Almada, Amadora, Caldas da Rainha, Lisbon, Porto and Vila Nova de Gaia with applications open until 9 February — so residents should check eligibility and how to apply.
Social housing (habitação social) is housing provided or subsidised by public authorities so low-income households can access affordable rent or ownership. The Madeira government is investing €4.2 million to build 27 social-housing units in Funchal, a local project that increases affordable supply and can reduce waiting lists; those seeking housing should be aware that eligibility normally requires legal residency and income below set thresholds.
